Manitoba Peregrines > Radisson Peregrines
Radisson - 2008 / Trey & Princess
bev.:
I have already replied to this and I still feel a sense of loss. I have experienced at my own site last year an dI can truly emphasize with all of you on this forum.
I hope I can keep some joy alive by continuing to post the antics of the Edmonton nest
I was not here as much as some of you but that was becasue so much was going on at my own nest site. 2008 has been a very stressful year for a lot of sites but I think the utmost thing is to think of our adult pairs. I hope they remain healthy at al sites and that they can all retain their status .
I will continue to keep checking in if that is O.K.I may even have some news.
borgy:
Tracy-you do not have to apologize to any of us for keeping us out of the loop. We aren't the primary participants-the birds are. You do for them first and foremost. You have done a great job of including us when you could. We cannot ask for more. Bottom line is, these are wild birds-we can only help nature so much. You did what you could to help things along, but nature still makes the final decisions. All we can do is hope she has the same idea for an ending that we do, and this year, it wasn't meant to be.
It has been a sad year, but look at the friendships that have been forged through this message board-those of you who have been talking regularly will most likely continue to do so. You would not have met otherwise. That in itself is a priceless thing.
I thank all who made the experience possible and look forward to next year. I began watching last year and have learned so much about falcons and human nature (the latter over the last few weeks-there are good souls out there with big hearts who can cry over a little bird).
I wish you all well-eagle63-I have been where you are and felt a similar overwhelming sense of loss when the birds died. I couldn't understand why it should bother me so much, but then recognized it for what it was. Feel better soon.
See you on the board next year. Thanks again to Tracy, Larry, Dennis, Kyle and everyone else who participated. Perhaps we'll catch up with you in Winnipeg when we visit some day.
All the best--BevB
PS_I love the photos of the chicks in the sink.
photosbydennis:
Will have more photos of the chicks in the next day or so. Peregrines 2008 http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/peregrine_2008
Cheers !
Dennis
ballywing:
--- Quote from: Liz on July 06, 2008, 12:50 ---I'd like to add, as for "why you didn't tell anyone what you were up to", I believe it was the right decision. To watch this unfold inch by inch, and then fail, probably would have been more than a lot of us could bear. We've been thru a lot already this year. I appreciate you and the gang taking it on your own shoulders, to save us.
--- End quote ---
Absolutely agree with that Liz!!......Remember the huge excitement generated a few days ago, by just the 'hint' of another chance for P&T?? .....So just IMAGINE the devastation we'd be going thru now, if we had followed along and been part of the whole adventure. - We'd have been over the moon!! - Tracy would have had to keep us in the loop constantly, distracting her from the very important task at hand. - We'd have been asking constant questions, demanding the latest info, begging her not to give up, making suggestions & offering ideas or advice we're not qualified or equipped to give - and in the end we'd have had an ENORMOUS fall back to earth. :'( ....I don't know how you got to be so WISE Tracy, but you did the exact right thing, in the exact right way. .. We sure would have picked a different ending to your adventure - but it was nice to have such happy, hopeful feelings & chats, even if it was only for a short while. - We've all learned alot from this unforgettable 2008 season. I know the lump in my throat & knot in my tummy will lessen slowly but surely. Rest up Tracy & Team, you deserve a big fat vacation right about now!! 8)
eagle63_1999:
Let's see if I can put some semblence of words together to make a coherent sentence. I think I am safe in saying that anyone who has been a part of this forum this year that it has been quiet a roller coaster these last few days. Reminiscent of Black Friday in some ways. When I read the blog this morning I had a feeling before I came to the end that P&T just weren't up for another round of parenting this year. Admittedly part of me was sad for that, been asking myself all day - *how the heck did I get so attached to this particular webcam* I can only imagine how attached Tracy must have gotten to having two little fluff balls of white in her apartment for the duration of their stay. I thought, funny those two got to fly before they could even think of flying on their own.
I was amazed by deedream inquiring if I was alright. It never occured to me that anyone would notice I wasn't myself. Yes I've communicated with some of you via personal message but still it speaks to how smart you all are to pick up on little things like that. I wrote to deedream in a personal message and will kinda sumerize here. She was astute to pick up that I am not myself. It's a combination of feeling sad at the closed chapter of this year's hopes for chicks being raised at the radisson. I didn't want to say anything here in the forum but in the past week there has been a loss in my family and my heart has been with my aunt and cousins and it brought up a lot of memories of the two profound losses I've experienced in 2000 and 2001. As I sit here writing this I can feell the tears coming to the surface. I am not telling you all this because I want sympathy I just know some of you will have read deedream's question she posed to me and I felt it was only fair to explain to you all why my posts have been indeed brief.
Now, to Tracy and the legion of people who have endeavoured to bring a little ray of sunshine into an already sad season. I can only say THANK-YOU for having the compassion and drive to continue to strive in the recovery of a magnificant species. Like human life there are indeed ups and downs and you all perservered with an idea that was beautifully told and made it feel like we were with you every second. I bet Tracy when you were going to school to become the biologist you are that you never dreamed you would one day be a temporary foster mom to two peregrine chicks.
Tracy, your concern and compassion for us here in the forum spoke volumes when you articulated the reason for not announcing the plan as it was happening. You were so considerate with that decision, curtesy these days is all to rare in this world.
In closing I just want to say that although the season at the Radisson is offically closed I would venture to say I hope we here in the forum keep in touch throughout the remainder of our calendar year until next spring?
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